Disaster As Containership Collapses Baltimore Bridge

A containership has collided with a bridge in Baltimore this morning, which immediately collapsed into the Patapsco river along with several vehicles.

A multi-agency rescue is now in progress, with up to 20 people currently understood to have plunged into the river with their vehicles. The Baltimore Fire department have described the tragic incident as a ‘mass casualty event’.

The Singapore flagged vessel 'Dali’, had just left the port enroute to Colombo, Sri Lanka, when it hit a column of the Francis Scott Key Bridge around 45 minutes later at around 1.30 local time.

The bridge, which is over 1.5 miles long, forms part of a major highway into the city and is used by around 35,000 vehicles per day.

The ship lost power and steering, but the crew managed to notify authorities of the potential disaster and further traffic entering the bridge was stopped just before the collision, which is believed to have saved many lives.

Our heartfelt thoughts go out to everybody involved in this tragic incident.

The below CCTV footage caught the shocking moment the bridge collapsed.

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